Improvement in children s high chairs and work-stands combined



, D. 0. PARKER,

Combined Child's High-Chair and Work-Stand.

No. H8,47 9. Patented Aug. 29 1871.

Fig. 5 is a front View of the same.

UNITED STATES DAVID OTHO PARKER, OF LIVERPOOL, NOVA SOOTIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BHILDRENS HIGH CHAIRS AND WORK-STANDS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,479, dated August 29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that 1, DAVID OTHO PARKER, of Liverpool, in the county of Queens, Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a Gombined Ohilds High Chair and Work-Stand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my device adjusted for use as a childs high chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same adjusted for use as a workstand. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the legs of the same disconnected and folded for moving or transportation. Fig. 4 is a back view of the seat detached from the legs. The dotted lines show the top part of the back folded into the seat when adjusted for use as a work-stand. Fig. 6 is a View of the lower side of the top of the stand. Fig. 7 is an edge View of the same. Fig. 8 is a side view of the screws, by means of which the seat is fastened to the legs. Fig. 9 is a top view of the same, also an end section of the legs. Fig. 10 is an edge view of the two metallic pieces on the back of the seat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a combined childs high chair and work-stand, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adj usted for use as a chair and as a work-stand, and which shall at the same time be simple and cheap in construction, neat in appearance, and servicable in either capacity and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

There are three legs in my device, and the same legs are used in either capacity. They are represented by A. The upper part of the three pieces A are made wide, and have holes formed through them or are otherwise formed so as to serve as legs. The projecting edges of the upper parts of the three pieces A are hinged to each other, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so that,

when detached, the legs may be folded together,

as shown in Fig. 3, and, when adjusted for use, may be spread or opened out and serve as legs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The legs A, when adjusted for use, radiate, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 9. Upon the outward edge of the upper ends of the pieces A are formed projections a, which serve as pins or tenons to enter holes in the bottom of the seat B to keep 'the said seat in place upon the said pieces A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. B is the seat, the two sides and back of which bevel outward, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5. The back of the seat is in two pieces, and the upper part united with hinges at the lower part, so as to fold inward into the seat when used as a stand, as shown by the dotted lines I) in Fig. 5. The top part of the back of the seat I) is kept in place, when adjusted for use as a chair, by means of the strip or button e, the ends of which slip under the metallic pieces 1' and g, as shown in Fig. 4. When the top piece I) is folded down, the button 6 takes the position e of Fig. 5. The seat of the chair B is secured to the legs A by means of the screws K L, Figs. 8 and 9. The screw K, Fig. 8, passes through the seat-bottom and thence through the head of the screw L, the said screw L being fixed into the edge of one of the legs A near the top, as shown in Fig. 9. G is the top of the stand, which is adjusted and fixed in place by means of the strips 0 and d, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The top of the chair-seat, when the top part of the back is folded in, slips in between the pieces a as a wedging dovetail, and the strip d, which turns on the screw m, holds the sides of the seat securely between the pieces 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A combined childs high chair and work-stand, consisting of the three legs A, the seat B b, and the standtop C, said parts A B b 0 being constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

DAVID OTHO PARKER. Witnesses:

EDWIN O. PARKER, W. DAVISON MCKENZIE. 

